Alright, what do you think Feldman was suggesting to the jury... that Westerfield was merely "terrorizing" Danielle? Or anybody else for that matter? Surely not. (Maybe, it was the terror of thinking that with Danielle's disappearance and Brenda's existing hostility towards him, his name was now Mud.) What I think he was saying was that DW's not a career criminal, and other that this one crime (murdering Danielle), he's been out of trouble with the law. It's a silly defense to spare his defendant's life, I think -- it reminds me of the friend of Timothy McVeigh who said that other than Oklahoma City, McVeigh was a good guy!
Get real. Feldman would never imply guilt of the crime for which he was defending Westerfield. If he did, it would be a mistrial.